BLACKLEG


Meaning of BLACKLEG in English

/ ˈblækleg; NAmE / noun

( BrE , disapproving ) a person who continues to work when the people they work with are on strike; a person who is employed to work instead of those who are on strike

—compare strike-breaker

—see also scab

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.